Western banks in Russia pay €800m in taxes to the Kremlin; EU candidates get ready to debate ahead of June elections; Pedro Sanchez stays on as Spain’s prime minister and a forklift exam in South Korea draws more test takers than ever before. Plus: we speak to Mark Kuijpers, head of Greystar for Netherlands, Germany and Austria.
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The EU, US and China
Zelensky calls for increased air defence after Chernihiv strike
The US and Iran make contact through Swiss intermediaries
Monday 15 April
Russian attacks destroy Kyiv’s largest power plant
Trudeau claims China unsuccessfully meddled in Canada’s elections
Japan’s Fumio Kishida warns world at ‘historic turning point’
ECHR rules that Switzerland’s climate failures breached human rights
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, arrives in China
A look ahead to South Africa’s elections and a total solar eclipse
Nato’s past and present
World Central Kitchen and the humanitarian aid imperative
Israel’s take on foreign media and Swiss councillors give up ski passes
Monday 1 April
The built environment, from Turkey to sports stadiums
Russia blames everyone but its intelligence services
From Afghanistan to Moscow’s Crocus City Hall
Is accusing Israel of genocide useful?
The UN Security Council demands a ceasefire in Gaza and the Yemen Listening Project
Brazil’s presidential row over missing furniture
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